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SET 1: Piper, Guyute, NICU, Horn, Wilson[1], Mound, The Squirming Coil > David Bowie
SET 2: Waves[2] > Divided Sky, Lawn Boy, Carini, Rift, Harry Hood > Character Zero
SET 3: Sample in a Jar, Seven Below[2] > Auld Lang Syne > Runaway Jim -> Time Loves a Hero, Taste, Strange Design, Walls of the Cave[2]
ENCORE: Wading in the Velvet Sea
Phish returned from their hiatus with their first public show since October 7, 2000. The pre-show music alluded to the end of the hiatus with such songs as the theme from Welcome Back Kotter, Feels Like the First Time, Back in the Saddle Again, Reunited, and The Boys are Back in Town. The final selection was Foreplay/Long Time, during which time the band took the stage. Prior to Wilson, a scene from the Tom Hanks movie Cast Away was played in the arena (referring to Hanks’s character searching for his volleyball/companion named Wilson). Trey subsequently introduced Hanks to sing the final lyric. Major news media reported the Hanks appearance, but the guest singer was actually Page’s brother, Steve McConnell. Mound was played for the first time since November 19, 1996 (276 shows). Bowie included a DEG tease. This show included the debuts of Waves, Seven Below and Walls of the Cave. Appropriately, Seven Below began about seven minutes before midnight. During the song, the crew lowered a disco ball from the scoreboard and created a “snowfall” on stage. Dancers dressed in white as snow creatures took the stage and circled the band before dispersing into the crowd. Some of the dancers ascended ladders and donned stilts to become snow angels. At midnight, white balloons and confetti were dropped on the crowd. A little person remained on each front corner of the stage, popping balloons, while the snow angels continued to dance. Runaway Jim contained a Weekapaug tease from Page. Time Loves a Hero was last played August 11, 1998 (or 153 shows). Walls included a San-Ho-Zay tease from Trey. The evening was capped with perfect post-show music: Let’s Stay Together.
SET 1: Wolfman's Brother, Scent of a Mule, My Soul, Ginseng Sullivan, First Tube > Divided Sky, Wilson
SET 2: Down with Disease > Heavy Things > Split Open and Melt, Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: The Squirming Coil
After conferring with Trey before Bike, Fish joked with the crowd, remarking that he only knows two songs. Before the vacuum solo, Fish introduced the band. Mike teased Call to the Post in the second Hold Your Head Up.
SET 1: Ya Mar, The Moma Dance, Uncle Pen, Drowned, Chalk Dust Torture Reprise > Chalk Dust Torture, Theme From the Bottom > Cavern
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease -> Moby Dick > Down with Disease > Runaway Jim -> Moby Dick, Back on the Train -> Moby Dick > Back on the Train, Harry Hood > Moby Dick, Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up > Moby Dick[1] > Hold Your Head Up, Character Zero
ENCORE: First Tube > Moby Dick > Chalk Dust Torture Reprise
In keeping with the theme of the second set, Hood included a Moby Dick tease. Trey introduced Fish as “Russell Crowe” during Terrapin. The Moby Dick inside of the HYHU jam featured Trey on drums and Fish on vacuum. The Chalk Dust Reprise was akin to the version last played on December 10, 1994 (393 shows), with the band singing the words “Chalk Dust Torture” over varied music. At the end of the encore, Trey joked that, if anyone missed anything, they should read the book or see the movie. Trey also teased Moby Dick at the end of the encore's Chalk Dust Reprise. Prior to this show, Moby Dick had not been played since November 29, 1997 (174 shows).
SET 1: The Star-Spangled Banner, Farmhouse, Rift > It's Ice > Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, The Lizards, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Julius
SET 2: Gotta Jibboo -> Saw It Again -> Magilla > Twist > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Lawn Boy[1], Good Times Bad Times
It’s Ice included a Star-Spangled Banner tease. Lawn Boy included a fireworks display on stage and in the pavilion, as well as well wishes from Page; the fireworks signaled the beginning of GTBT. Mike teased Heartbreaker near the end of GTBT.
Soundcheck: Ginseng Sullivan, Funk Jam -> Crossroads, “Say My Name/Oh Yeah!” Jam
SET 1: Meat, Maze, Meat Reprise, Ya Mar, Fast Enough for You, The Old Home Place > Wilson > Mike's Song > Simple > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: Gotta Jibboo, Wolfman's Brother, Run Like an Antelope[1] -> Contact > Sand, Roggae > Prince Caspian > Rocky Top > Cavern[2]
ENCORE: Brian and Robert, Good Times Bad Times
Cavern included the older, alternate lyrics and a drawn-out, feedback-enhanced ending. Mike's Song ended with a Peaches en Regalia tease from Fish. Before Jibboo and after Wolfman’s the band teased Is She Really Going Out with Him? The audience sang along at one point and tried in vain to convince Phish to play the song in its entirety. Antelope was unfinished – Mike segued into a funky version of Contact right before the “Rye, Rye, Rocco” lyric segment.
Soundcheck: Mozambique, Driver, My Soul, Ginseng Sullivan, Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress, Funky Bitch, Farmhouse, Jam
SET 1: AC/DC Bag, Wilson, First Tube, Ya Mar[1] > Mike's Song > Simple > It's Ice, When the Circus Comes, Back on the Train, Gotta Jibboo, Taste, Sleeping Monkey
SET 2: Punch You in the Eye, Twist, Waste, Piper, You Enjoy Myself, Run Like an Antelope, Train Song, Bug
ENCORE: Boogie On Reggae Woman > Cavern
This show was taped for VH-1’s Hard Rock Live and was first broadcast on July 1, 2000. The show was announced only a week before the gig took place. Non-transferable wristbands for entry were sold at the venue box office the morning before the show, with a limit of one per person. Ya Mar began in the key of G before switching to its normal key of A for an extended jam at Trey’s on-stage request. During the soundcheck of this show, Driver and Ginseng were played multiple times, and there was a jam on Led Zeppelin’s Dancing Days before Long Cool Woman.
SET 1: Farmhouse, First Tube, NICU > Funky Bitch > Punch You in the Eye, Nellie Kane, Halley's Comet > The Squirming Coil
SET 2: Wolfman's Brother, Jennifer Dances, Heavy Things, Bug, Bathtub Gin > Simple, Free, Suzy Greenberg
Simple contained a Bathtub Gin tease from Trey.
SET 1: Wolfman's Brother, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley[1], Tube, Ginseng Sullivan > Roggae, Maze, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Harry Hood
SET 2: Farmhouse, Heavy Things, First Tube, Tweezer > Makisupa Policeman, Chalk Dust Torture, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Halley's Comet > Tweezer Reprise
Sneakin' Sally did not contain a vocal jam. The YEM vocal jam included Sweet Home Alabama quotes.
SET 1: Poor Heart > Sample in a Jar, Split Open and Melt, Drowned, I Didn't Know, Back on the Train, Birds of a Feather, Theme From the Bottom, Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: Carini > Bug, Strange Design, Vultures -> Limb By Limb, Will It Go Round in Circles, Dirt, Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Reba[1], Bold As Love
Reba was played in an encore for the first time since March 31, 1991 (780 shows) and did not have the whistling ending.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, The Sloth, The Curtain > Waste, Loving Cup > What's the Use?, Wading in the Velvet Sea > Farmhouse, Nellie Kane, Taste, Rocky Top
SET 2: Peaches en Regalia > AC/DC Bag[1] > Gumbo, Down with Disease > Frankenstein[2]
ENCORE: Simple, Hello My Baby
Peaches was played for the first time since February 28, 1997 (162 shows). This long AC/DC Bag featured Trey on keys and Fish on vacuum for part of the jam. Gumbo included an Another One Bites the Dust jam and quotes. Fish again grabbed the vacuum for Frankenstein and quoted One of These Days (Pink Floyd). This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Soundcheck: My Soul, How Long, Dream Weaver
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Sample in a Jar, Cars Trucks Buses, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Waste > Ghost, Wilson > You Enjoy Myself
SET 2: Twist > The Moma Dance > What's the Use? > Train Song > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Misty Mountain Hop[1]
ENCORE: Guyute, Hello My Baby
This show featured the Phish debut of Misty Mountain Hop. 2001 included a Super Bad tease from Trey.
SET 1: NICU, The Curtain > Halley's Comet -> Roses Are Free -> NO2[1], Lawn Boy, Reba[2] > Carini > Funky Bitch
SET 2: Wolfman's Brother > Piper, Bug > Mountains in the Mist, Run Like an Antelope > Possum[3]
ENCORE: Tuesday's Gone[4]
NO2 was played for the first time since July 16, 1994 (357 shows) and, for the first known time, included the instrumental ending originally included on The White Tape. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Antelope included Meatstick teases and Trey acknowledging his friends Dave and Luann Abrahams, who were in the crowd. Possum and the Phish debut of Tuesday’s Gone featured Scott Murawski on guitar. Possum contained a Lazy (Deep Purple) tease.
SET 1: Rock and Roll > Funky Bitch > Punch You in the Eye > Horn, Ginseng Sullivan, Split Open and Melt, Brian and Robert, Guyute, My Soul, Free Bird
SET 2: Free > Limb By Limb > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Boogie On Reggae Woman, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Divided Sky
2001 included Crosseyed and Painless and Manteca teases. For this show, the dancers on-stage were dressed as flowers, with one dressed as a turkey.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Ginseng Sullivan, The Old Home Place
SET 1: Down with Disease, The Moma Dance > Ginseng Sullivan, Stash, Brian and Robert, Limb By Limb, Sample in a Jar, Tela, Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Ghost > Halley's Comet > Tweezer -> Possum, Wading in the Velvet Sea > Character Zero
ENCORE: Suzy Greenberg[1] > Tweezer Reprise[2]
Listen for a Stash tease in the Disease intro. Ghost included Psycho Killer and San-Ho-Zay teases and Possum contained Born on the Bayou teases. The encore featured guest vocals from the Dude of Life, who provided alternate lyrics to Suzy Greenberg and additional lyrics to Tweezer Reprise.
SET 1: Driver, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Possum, Roggae
This acoustic in-studio set was broadcast live for KBCO’s “Studio C” series.
SET 1: Sleep[1], Frankie Says > Ghost, Roggae, Guyute, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Driver[1], Albuquerque[1], Birds of a Feather, Piper, Taste
This single-set performance, a taping for the PBS television show Sessions at West 54th, was performed in front of roughly 200 fans and industry executives. The show was first broadcast the week of January 9, 1999. Sleep, Driver and Albuquerque were performed acoustic. Trey made jokes about the length of Guyute, remarking that the show could cut to four commercial breaks and the band would still be playing the same song. Taste was played after Trey took the crowd’s requests for the final song. When the show was aired, only Birds, Ghost, and Taste were broadcast, with interviews interspersed between songs.
SET 1: Trench Town Rock[1] > Julius, Wolfman's Brother -> Time Loves a Hero, Bittersweet Motel, Reba, The Sloth, Ginseng Sullivan, Fee > Maze, Sample in a Jar
SET 2: Runaway Jim, Meat > Limb By Limb, When the Circus Comes > Down with Disease
ENCORE: Wilson > Golgi Apparatus
This show marked the Phish debut of Trench Town Rock and the return of Time Loves a Hero (first since November 5, 1988, or 1,026 shows). Runaway Jim included a tease of Maria from West Side Story. Trey teased Dave's Energy Guide in Limb By Limb. This show is also available on DVD from Phish Dry Goods.
SET 1: Emotional Rescue > Down with Disease > The Moma Dance > Tela > Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley, It's Ice > Lengthwise > It's Ice > Sparkle > Funky Bitch
SET 2: The Wedge, Poor Heart > The Mango Song > Brother, Contact[1] > Maze, Prince Caspian > You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Camel Walk, The Squirming Coil
Lengthwise was played for the first time since October 20, 1994 (292 shows). Contact was performed “Mexican Love Style,” as Trey dedicated the song to a couple he met who had fallen in love.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > Fluffhead, Roggae, Tube[1] > Sparkle > Cavern > Frankie Says > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Mike's Song -> Simple -> Bittersweet Motel[2] > Weekapaug Groove, Brian and Robert, Ghost -> She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride > Funky Bitch
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey > Rocky Top
Tube was followed by a brief reprise of the jam section. Bittersweet Motel debuted at this show. Ghost contained San-Ho-Zay teases from Trey. She Caught the Katy was played for the first time since July 30, 1988 (1,041 shows).
Soundcheck: Roggae, The Moma Dance, Ha Ha Ha, Birds of a Feather, Water in the Sky
SET 1: Limb By Limb, Ghost, Water in the Sky[1] > Bouncing Around the Room, Tube, Stash[2] -> Cities, Roggae[3], Guyute, Beauty of My Dreams > Funky Bitch, Train Song, David Bowie
SET 2: The Moma Dance[3], Birds of a Feather, Wolfman's Brother -> Frankie Says > Run Like an Antelope, Lawn Boy, Ya Mar, Ha Ha Ha, Mike's Song -> Swept Away > Steep > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Brian and Robert[3]
This show marked the debuts of Roggae, The Moma Dance, Brian and Robert, and the "new" faster arrangement of Water in the Sky. Ghost included a San-Ho-Zay tease from Trey. Tube contained a Sand tease. Stash was unfinished. The Moma Dance included the band teaching the audience the simplistic "dance" that accompanies the song.
SET 1: Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley[1] -> Taste, Water in the Sky > Punch You in the Eye > Stash, Chalk Dust Torture, A Day in the Life
SET 2: AC/DC Bag > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Harpua[2] > I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)[3] > Harpua > Izabella > Harry Hood[4] -> My Soul > Sleeping Monkey > Guyute
ENCORE: Carini -> Black-Eyed Katy -> Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley[1] > Frankenstein[5]
Trey teased A Night in Tunisia in Stash. AC/DC Bag included Third Stone From the Sun and Psycho Killer teases. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) made its Phish debut, was sung by Tom Marshall, contained an A Day in the Life quote from Tom referencing Big Phil (a fan who was in attendance that night), and was part of the “Pentagram Harpua,” which also included a narrative about Lost in Space. Hood was unfinished. Pete Carini made an appearance on-stage during the encore. Frankenstein included a segment with Fish coming center stage with his vacuum. The encore was unusually long; once the band realized they were going to be fined for playing past midnight, they decided to play well past midnight. Sneakin’ Sally was played for the first time since May 28, 1989 (925 shows). Neither of the Sallys contained vocal jams. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Soundcheck: Blues Jam, Dog Log > Jam
SET 1: Mike's Song > Chalk Dust Torture, My Soul, Stash > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Dogs Stole Things, Beauty of My Dreams, Horn > Loving Cup
SET 2: Julius > Simple -> Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Contact, Axilla > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Fire
Trey teased Buried Alive in CDT. Hood included a brief return to the Axilla theme. The jam out of the soundecheck's Dog Log included a “Chain Link Fence…In the Cage” rap with lyrics about Paul in the FOH mix position.
Soundcheck: Poor Heart > Funky Bitch, Vultures, work on Vultures
SET 1: Buried Alive > Down with Disease[1] -> Makisupa Policeman, Chalk Dust Torture, Ghost > Divided Sky, Dirt > Taste, The Star-Spangled Banner
SET 2: Mike's Song -> Simple[2] -> Dog Faced Boy -> Ya Mar[3] -> Weekapaug Groove, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
ENCORE: Ginseng Sullivan > Sample in a Jar
Disease was unfinished. Trey teased Lazy in Chalk Dust Torture and Close to the Edge in Taste. Simple featured a Trey/Page musical duet. Dog Faced Boy was played for the first time since August 12, 1996 (109 shows). Ya Mar included a fun play on the actual lyrics and a Crosseyed and Painless tease. Trey teased Izabella in Weekapaug. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch featured Trey on vocals and Page quoting The Joker. This show was released as part of the Spectrum '97 box set.
Soundcheck: Blues Jam, Jam, Dog Log, Ginseng Sullivan, Samson Variation, Jam
SET 1: Theme From the Bottom, Beauty of My Dreams, Gumbo, Dirt, Sparkle, Ghost > Swept Away > Steep > Loving Cup
SET 2: Olivia's Pool, Run Like an Antelope > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Twist -> Taste, Sample in a Jar > Rocky Top, The Squirming Coil
ENCORE: Possum
Theme From the Bottom contained All Right Now teases from Mike and Trey and a Close to the Edge tease from Trey. Twist contained DEG teases by Mike. The soundcheck's blues jam was played over the Samson Variation rhythm.
Soundcheck: Limb By Limb (x3), Vultures, Water in the Sky, Saw It Again (first verse only)
SET 1: Runaway Jim -> My Soul, Water in the Sky, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Vultures, Bye Bye Foot, Taste
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] -> Mike's Song > Simple -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hello My Baby
ENCORE: When the Circus Comes > Harry Hood
The first set of this show was performed during a furious lightning storm; during Taste, the band even jammed along with the thunder and lightning. Mother (Pink Floyd) was teased by Trey in Bye Bye Foot. Down with Disease was unfinished. Weekapaug also included a Hydrogen tease from Trey and closed with a Can’t You Hear Me Knocking tease. This show is also available on DVD from Phish Dry Goods.
Soundcheck: work on Reba, Jam, Funky Bitch, Blues Jam > Dog Log
SET 1: Ghost[1], Horn, Ya Mar[1], Limb By Limb -> Ain't Love Funny, Saw It Again[1], Dirt, Reba, Dogs Stole Things
SET 2: Jam[2] -> Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Bathtub Gin -> Cities > Jam[1] > Loving Cup > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: When the Circus Comes
Ghost began the first of two nights of the infamous "Worm" banter, with Fish saying "I think you know where you are" and Trey responding with "You're on the back of the worm!" The "Worm" was also mentioned in Ya Mar, Saw It Again, and the jam out of Cities, which also included When the Saints Go Marching In and Santa Claus is Coming to Town teases by Trey. Mike teased Time Loves A Hero in Ghost. Trey teased Dave's Energy Guide in Limb By Limb. Dirt was introduced as "Green Grass High Tides Forever." The second set began with a Fish piano solo that evolved into a jam, as the rest of the band eventually joined the stage and Fish moved to his drum kit. Bathtub Gin contained a Little Drummer Boy tease from Trey and a Simpsons Theme tease from Mike. Loving Cup contained a Frankenstein tease from Mike. The soundcheck's Dog Log was performed in a slow funk manner with "the crew doesn't get to eat" alternate lyrics. This show was officially released as part of the Amsterdam box set.
Soundcheck: The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (this soundcheck is incomplete)
SET 1: Split Open and Melt, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things, Vultures, Guelah Papyrus[1], Runaway Jim -> Gypsy Queen -> Runaway Jim, Talk, Free, Prince Caspian > Rocky Top
SET 2: Wolfman's Brother > Reba[2], NICU, Twist > Piper, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Ghost
ENCORE: Loving Cup
Guelah was aborted and scrapped. Reba did not have the whistling ending.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, work on Character Zero, Caravan, Suzy Greenberg, Walfredo
SET 1: Cinnamon Girl, NICU > Sample in a Jar > Punch You in the Eye > My Soul, Beauty of My Dreams > Harry Hood > Cars Trucks Buses[1], Suzy Greenberg[1] > Character Zero[1]
SET 2: Taste > Drowned -> Prince Caspian > David Bowie, Love Me, I Told You So[2], Love Me Like a Man[2], Waste > Chalk Dust Torture, Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Hello My Baby[3], Funky Bitch[1]
This show celebrated the release of “Phish Food” ice cream and was a benefit for the then-newly formed Waterwheel Foundation. “Ben & Jerry” made a short speech before the show and free ice cream was made available for the entire crowd. I Told You So and Love Me Like a Man, both of which featured Tammy Fletcher of The Disciples on vocals, made their Phish debuts. Cinnamon Girl was played for the first time since March 1, 1989 (904 shows). Hood contained a Barracuda tease by Trey. The last three songs of the first set, as well as Funky Bitch, featured Dave Grippo on alto sax and James Harvey on trombone. Grippo teased Third Stone From the Sun in Cars Trucks Buses and Chameleon in Suzy Greenberg. Soul Power 74 was teased by both horns in Suzy. Hello My Baby was performed without microphones. All songs in the soundcheck (except for Walfredo) featured horns.
Soundcheck: Samson Variation, If I Could, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Runaway Jim > My Soul, One Meatball[1], Little Red Rooster[1], Got My Mojo Working[1], Stash, Waste > Taste, Loving Cup
SET 2: Beauty of My Dreams > Sample in a Jar > Punch You in the Eye > Free, Fee[2] -> My Friend, My Friend[3], Down with Disease > Prince Caspian, La Grange, Sweet Adeline
ENCORE: Chalk Dust Torture
One Meatball through Mojo Workin’ were Phish debuts that featured Sydney Ellis on vocals. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. My Friend was aborted quickly and scrapped. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch included lyrics about Amy Skelton's upcoming wedding.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch > Dog Log/Funky Bitch mashup > Jam, Beauty of My Dreams, Love Me, Billy Breathes
SET 1: Beauty of My Dreams > Cavern > Punch You in the Eye > Runaway Jim > NICU > Stash, Waste, Walfredo, Character Zero > Slave to the Traffic Light
SET 2: Peaches en Regalia > Also Sprach Zarathustra > My Soul > Maze, Wolfman's Brother > Reba[1], Train Song, Harry Hood > Frankenstein
ENCORE: Bold As Love
Slave was dedicated to “a friend” (long-time taper Don Wright who had just walked into the show from the hospital after his arm was broken when he was hit by a car crossing the street). Trey teased Super Bad in 2001. Reba did not have the whistling ending.
SET 1: Axilla[1] > Peaches en Regalia > Punch You in the Eye, Cars Trucks Buses, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar > Tweezer Reprise
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture > Wilson > Sparkle > Simple -> Swept Away > Steep > Harry Hood -> Prince Caspian > Character Zero
SET 3: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Auld Lang Syne -> Down with Disease > Suzy Greenberg, Run Like an Antelope, Bohemian Rhapsody[2], Julius[3]
ENCORE: Amazing Grace[3]
As the traditional Auld Lang Syne rang in the New Year, tens of thousands of balloons (reportedly a world record) fell from the rafters. This show marked the first Phish performance of Bohemian Rhapsody which, along with Julius and Amazing Grace, featured the Boston Community Choir. PYITE included Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough teases from Page.
SET 1: The Star-Spangled Banner
Phish performed the national anthem before a Los Angeles Lakers basketball game.
Soundcheck: Dog Log, Blues Jam > The Old Home Place > Sparks > Funky Bitch
SET 1: Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag > Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Mound, Stash, Fee[1] > Taste, Loving Cup
SET 2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life > Bathtub Gin -> The Vibration of Life -> You Enjoy Myself, The Star-Spangled Banner, Fire
ENCORE: The Squirming Coil
Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Trey announced the first-ever Vibration of Life dedication and sent it out to the crew in general, and more specifically, Bob Neumann, the band’s Audio Crew Chief and speaker designer. YEM included a Groove Is in the Heart jam that included brief lyrics.
SET 1: The Star-Spangled Banner
Phish performed the national anthem before a Minnesota Timberwolves home game. This was their first performance of the song at a major sporting event.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture[1], Guelah Papyrus[1], Cars Trucks Buses[1], Taste[1], Bouncing Around the Room[1], Stash[1], Train Song[1], Billy Breathes[1], Poor Heart[1] > David Bowie[1]
SET 2: Rift[1] > Mike's Song[1] > The Horse[1] > Silent in the Morning[1], Weekapaug Groove[1], The Wedge[1], Character Zero[1], Suspicious Minds[1] > Hold Your Head Up[1], Slave to the Traffic Light[1], Hello My Baby
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times[1]
Guest percussionist Karl Perazzo played the entire show. After Suspicious Minds, Trey introduced Fish as “Norton Charlton Heston.”
SET 1: The Curtain > Runaway Jim, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Talk, Split Open and Melt, Sparkle > Free > You Enjoy Myself
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease > Taste, The Mango Song, Lawn Boy, Scent of a Mule, Mike's Song -> Swept Away > Steep > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: All Along the Watchtower[1]
This Weekapaug, often referred to as the “Freakapaug,” included a Nellie Kane tease from Trey, circus dancers, and Mimi Fishman dancing around on stage towards the end. Watchtower (first since April 21, 1994, or 228 shows) featured Buddy Miles on drums and lead vocals, Merl Saunders on keys, and Fish on Trey’s percussion rack. The circus dancers also appeared for the encore.
Soundcheck: Talk (intro, acoustic, x2), Waste (acoustic), Spooky, Spooky -> Jam
SET 1: Divided Sky, Tube, Tela > Maze, Fast Enough for You > The Old Home Place, Punch You in the Eye, Llama, Glide, Slave to the Traffic Light
SET 2: AC/DC Bag > The Lizards, Mike's Song > Lifeboy > Weekapaug Groove -> Over the Rainbow[1], Waste[2], Train Song[2], Strange Design[2], Sweet Adeline, David Bowie
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey > Rocky Top
Trey teased Entrance of the Gladiators at the end of Punch You in the Eye. Page performed Over the Rainbow solo on the theremin. Waste through Strange Design were performed on the acoustic mini-stage. Trey played the composed section to Divided Sky over the soundcheck jam. This show was officially released as Live Phish 12.
SET 1: Makisupa Policeman > Rift > Suzy Greenberg > Simple, Theme From the Bottom > The Lizards, Dinner and a Movie, Horn, Run Like an Antelope[1]
SET 2: The Curtain > Tweezer > Prince Caspian > A Day in the Life > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars > Hold Your Head Up > Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood[2] > Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Johnny B. Goode
Note the “This is Red Rocks, This is the Edge” quote from Trey during the break in Rift. The quote was a reference both to U2’s Live: Under a Blood Red Sky album and Trey’s similar remarks on the Junta-released version of Icculus. Suzy included a Simple tease. The phrase “21 year old Phish Fan Marcus Esquandolas” was substituted for “Marco Esquandolas” during Antelope in reference to a fan’s quote in a newspaper article on the disturbance in Morrison the day before. Tweezer included a Norwegian Wood jam. Harry Hood featured the debut of the “Hood” response chant, initiated by Phish.netters and advertised on flyers handed out at the Red Rocks shows. Among other ideas, the flyers encouraged fans to shout: “Hood” after the band sings “Harry.” It began to rain in the second set; the band responded with Purple Rain, and Chris Kuroda showed the stage in purple lights. The performance of Simple from this gig appears on the Carved in Stone CD benefiting The Rocks Fund, dedicated to the rehabilitation and preservation of Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Gumbo, Scent of a Mule, Down with Disease > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Hello My Baby
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Runaway Jim, Loving Cup, Sparkle > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Rocky Top
SET 1: Theme From the Bottom > Poor Heart, Taste > Cars Trucks Buses, Mike's Song -> Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
No known setlist
Phish's set on this date was rained out. Phish did, however, jam with Santana during their set that evening.
Soundcheck: Jam, Poor Heart, Blues Jam
SET 1: Ya Mar, Sample in a Jar > Divided Sky, Lifeboy, Punch You in the Eye, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Run Like an Antelope, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[1], The Squirming Coil
SET 2: Free, Sparkle > Down with Disease[2] -> The Lizards > Simple, Runaway Jim
ENCORE: Fire
I'm Blue I'm Lonesome was performed acoustic. Down with Disease was unfinished. The soundcheck's Poor Heart was the slow version.
SET 1: Horn > Chalk Dust Torture, Taste That Surrounds, The Lizards, Free, Esther > David Bowie, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[1]
SET 2: Poor Heart > Bathtub Gin -> Keyboard Army, Scent of a Mule > Jam > Lifeboy, Harry Hood, Cavern
ENCORE: Theme From the Bottom, Sweet Adeline
Lizards was dedicated to college basketball commentator Dick Vitale. I’m Blue I’m Lonesome was performed acoustic. Bathtub Gin contained a DEG tease by Trey. Hood contained a tease of The Entertainer (Scott Joplin) from Trey.
SET 1: Stash, Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room > Foam, I Didn't Know, Divided Sky, Guyute, Hello My Baby, Sample in a Jar
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, Suzy Greenberg > Uncle Pen, Free, Hold Your Head Up > Wind Beneath My Wings[1] > Hold Your Head Up, Run Like an Antelope > Contact > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Funky Bitch
ENCORE: The Squirming Coil
Suzy Greenberg included The Rover and 25 or 6 to 4 teases. Wind Beneath My Wings was a Phish debut and dedicated to Col. Bruce Hampton, who sat on stage reading a newspaper during the song.
Soundcheck: Dog Log (x2)
SET 1: Fee[1] > Chalk Dust Torture, Prince Caspian, Divided Sky, My Long Journey Home[2], I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[2], Guyute, My Friend, My Friend[3] -> Dog Faced Boy > Runaway Jim
SET 2: Simple -> David Bowie -> Take Me to the River[4] -> David Bowie, Glide > Ya Mar, Mike's Song -> Keyboard Army > Hold Your Head Up > Suspicious Minds > Hold Your Head Up, Carolina, A Day in the Life
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times
Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. My Long Journey Home and I’m Blue I’m Lonesome were performed acoustic. My Friend did not contain the "Myfe" ending. Take Me to the River, which was incomplete, made its Phish debut in the second set. Trey teased Rock Lobster in the second David Bowie. Mike's Song contained a theme from Mission: Impossible tease by Page. The second Dog Log in the soundcheck was a cappella.
Soundcheck: Billy Breathes Intro, Billy Breathes, Poor Heart (slow version), Funky Bitch
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Foam, Billy Breathes, Divided Sky, Esther > Free, Julius, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[1], Cavern
SET 2: Maze, Gumbo, Stash -> Manteca -> Stash -> Dog Faced Boy[2] -> Stash, Strange Design, You Enjoy Myself -> Immigrant Song Jam -> You Enjoy Myself
Trey teased Fire (Ohio Players) in Julius. I'm Blue I'm Lonesome was performed acoustic. This fantastic Stash included 25 or 6 to 4, Esther, and Ya Mar teases. Dog Faced Boy was performed over a different arrangement than usual. YEM included Low Rider teases. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
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